Istria – TerraProject

April 2022. The port in the coastal town of Fažana. Yugoslavia's former President, Josip Broz Tito, was fond of Fažana and the Brijuni Islands, spending up to six months of his year there.

Simone traveled to the Istrian peninsula in Croatia, on assignment for Smithsonian Magazine. You can read the article here.

April 2022. Vito a retired fisherman from Zadar now lives in Rovinj and repairs nets by the port.

April 2022. Francisca, 25 years old from Portugal. She has been working since 2 months in Veliki Brijun as animal keeper in the bird and safari park. Before she was for 2 times in Veliki Brijun for an Erasmus internship.

April 2022. The Pula Arena, a Roman amphitheatre located in Pula. It is the only remaining Roman amphitheatre to have four side towers entirely preserved. It was constructed between 27 BC and AD 68, and is among the world's six largest surviving Roman arenas.

April 2022. Cvjetni square in Zagreb

April 2022. Romano and Luka hanging out the local pizzeria in Svetvinčenat village

April 2022. The lobby at Esplanade Hotel in Zagreb. Dating back to 1925, it is one of the most famous buildings in Zagreb.

Vodnjan, April 2022. A portrait of Father Marijan Jelenic in the Church of St. Blaise. Apart from the relics of St. Blaise, Vodnjan's parish church also keeps 370 relics belonging to 250 different saints.

April 2022. A view of Rovinj from the bell tower of the Church of St. Eufemia. Located on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, Rovinj is a popular tourist resort and an active fishing port.

April 2022. Zagreb Cathedral seen from Strossmayer Promenade. In the foreground hundreds of padlocks left by tourists. The Cathedral is the most monumental sacral building in Gothic style southeast of the Alps. One of its two spires was damaged in an earthquake that took place on March 22, 2020.

April 2022. The square of the Roman Forum in Pula with the Temple of Augustus on the left. The Forum, a central square of ancient and medieval Pula, was built during the 1st century BC .

April 2022. Almir Mahmutović, 39 years old from Pula. He's the co-owner of Stara Konoba restaurant in Fažana from 2013.

April 2022. A view of the village of Beram, one of the oldest continuously populated settlements in Istria.

April 2022. Ivana Karlić doing truffle hunting with her dogs near Paladini village where with her family thay have created the first black truffle plantations in Croatia.